Dayton boys’ basketball moves on in states after Thursday OT victory; All 4 Union County girls’ teams triumph

By on    CRANFORD, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD  

Dayton boys' and GL and Cranford girls' will be hosting next round games Saturday

While Dayton was the only Union County boys’ team to win in state tournament play Thursday night – the top-seeded Bulldogs needed overtime to thwart eighth-seeded Newark Vocational 73-67, winning overtime 14-8 in their North 2, Group 1 quarterfinal matchup – all four Union County girls’ teams that played were triumphant. Governor Livingston and Cranford advanced to […]

Wednesday state basketball winners include both RC squads and Linden, Elizabeth boys’; Thursday, Friday schedule here

By on    CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, UNION  

Linden and Elizabeth boys' split in UCC-Watchung Division games against each other, both winning at home

Wednesday night state tournament basketball winners from Union County on the boys’ side included Roselle Catholic in Non-Public, South B and Elizabeth and Linden in North 2, Group 4. Parochial schools St. Mary’s of Elizabeth and Oratory Prep of Summit were eliminated, in addition to Hillside in the Central Jersey, Group 2 quarterfinals. The only girls’ winner from […]

Tuesday basketball state winners: Rahway, Dayton, Plainfield boys’ and Dayton, GL, New Providence, Cranford girls’

By on    CRANFORD, KENILWORTH, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT  

On a heavy night of state basketball involving teams from Union County, Rahway, Dayton and Plainfield advanced on the boys’ side Tuesday, while the Dayton, Governor Livingston, New Providence and Cranford girls’ advanced. All of the above winners will play again Thursday in their respective sections. Union County teams that were ousted Tuesday included the GL, Summit, Cranford […]

Monday’s state basketball winners: Linden, Elizabeth, Hillside boys’ and Linden, Union, Hillside girls’

By on    CLARK, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, LINDEN, ROSELLE, SPORTS, UNION  

On the first day of state tournament basketball Monday, Union County teams that advanced on the boys’ side included Linden and Elizabeth in North 2, Group 4 and Hillside in Central Jersey, Group 2. On Wednesday, top-seeded Linden (18-7) will host ninth-seeded Dickinson and fourth-seeded Elizabeth (17-6) will host fifth-seeded Bayonne in N2, G4 quarterfinals. […]

Roselle Park wrestlers repeat as District 10 winners behind 6 champions; Region 3 commences Wednesday night at Union

By on    CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION  

Panther first-place finishers include Devito, Hilburn, Matthews, Loevsky, Woods, Nunez

The Roselle Park wrestling team, after winning 20 matches and reaching the Central Jersey, Group 1 final, captured District 10 at Millburn again. Winning championships for the Panthers were Joe Devito at 113, Pete Hilburn at 145, Brian Matthews at 152, Steve Loevsky at 160, Phil Woods at 170 and Allen Nunez at 182. Roselle […]

GL girls’ basketball – lifted by stellar performances from Ferguson, George and DiTomasso – capture 2nd straight UCT crown

By on    CRANFORD, MOUNTAINSIDE, SPORTS, SUMMIT  

Cranston, Dilly assist in leading Highlanders to 54-44 championship game win over Oak Knoll

UNION – Erin Ferguson’s teammates didn’t let her down. And vice versa. Oak Knoll led by six with 3:58 to go in the second quarter when Ferguson – Governor Livingston’s talented 6-1 senior center – went to the bench with her third foul. That could have spelled big-time trouble for the defending champions. However, Oak […]

Linden boys’ basketball thwarted by shot before buzzer in Saturday night’s county championship game

By on    ELIZABETH, LINDEN, SPORTS  

Tigers sparked by 19-point performance from senior Terrell Bagley

UNION – The Patrick School waited and waited. They had the ball for the final 1:13, passing it around, making sure not to lose possession, calling their final timeouts. With just 4.4 seconds left and no timeouts remaining, senior Jason Boswell – from behind the line just inside half court – took the ball out, […]

Sunday’s UCT girls’ basketball final features defending champ and experienced GL vs. Oak Knoll and best player Moran

By on    MOUNTAINSIDE, SPORTS, SUMMIT  

The county's top 2 teams will face each other for the first time this year at Kean's Harwood Arena

UNION – The favorite is the defending champion for the first time in its program history and owners of a 45-6 record in its last 51 games, including its first county championship game victory 12 months ago. The underdog is the county’s winningest team this year, is 4-0 vs. Watchung Division squads (including the UCT’s […]

4 Union County Tournament championship basketball games set to be played at Kean this weekend

By on    CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, ROSELLE, SPORTS, UNION  

The boys' are Saturday and the girls' Sunday

UNION COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES THIS WEEKEND AT KEAN UNIVERSITY’S HARWOOD ARENA IN UNION   77TH ANNUAL FRANK J. CICARELL BOYS’ BASKETBALL SATURDAY, FEB. 23 JV: 6-The Patrick School vs. 1-Roselle Catholic, 4 p.m. Varsity: 4-Linden (17-6) vs. 3-The Patrick School (21-3), 6 p.m.   38TH ANNUAL FRANK J. CICARELL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL SUNDAY, FEB. 24 JV: […]

Roselle Catholic girls’ basketball wins 20 games for 5th consecutive season

By on    ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS  

Lions will next take on Non-Public, South B field as the top seed

The Roselle Catholic girls’ basketball team, with its Union County Conference-Watchung Division 50-38 home win over Summit Thursday night, clinched a fifth consecutive 20-victory season. Junior forward Tori Pozsonyi poured in a team-high 15 points, while senior forward Renee Oliver added 11 points and a team-high 10 rebounds for another double-double. Roselle Catholic improved to […]

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